Posted by: neschria on: July 28, 2009
I’ve been beating my head against the Irish language (or Gaelic, if you insist on going there) for several years now, making only modest progress. This is probably the source of my fascination with Irish names for girls. The spelling of Irish can be pretty intimidating, until you get used to it, and there’s nothing [...]
Posted by: neschria on: April 12, 2009
My first husband gave me carte blanche when it came to naming babies, as long as they got his last name, but my current husband is a lot more particular. The way it works for us is that I make lists and fret and match and re-match names, and my husband vetoes most of them. Here [...]
Posted by: neschria on: April 12, 2009
I have recently gotten myself a little notebook in which I write all sort of names that catch my eye. I write names for girls on the front of each page, leaving the back of each page for the boys. Thus far, I have filled 2 and a half pages (in two columns per page!) [...]
